Saturday, January 26, 2013

So
the Lord did according to the word of Moses. And the frogs died out of the
houses, out of the courtyards, and out of the fields. They gathered them
together in heaps, and the land stank. But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not heed them, as the Lord had said.

What did Pharaoh
do? Pharaoh hardened his heart in better times.

Tu. 1/29/13: Ex. 8:31 – 32 What did Pharaoh’s
servants do?

And
the Lord did according to the word of Moses; He removed the swarms of flies from
Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. Not one remained. But Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time
also; neither would he let the people go.

What did Pharaoh’s
servants do? They followed Pharaoh’s example.

We. 1/30/13: Exodus 10:1 – 2
What did God do?

Now
the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants, that I
may show these signs of Mine before him,and that you may tell in the
hearing of your son and your son’s son the mighty things I have done in Egypt,
and My signs which I have done among them, that you may know that I am the
Lord.”

What did God do?
God then hardened Pharaoh’s heart with pride.

Th. 1/31/13: 2 Chronicles
36:11 – 13 What did Zedekiah
do?

Zedekiahwas twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven
years in Jerusalem.He did evil in the sight of the Lord
his God, and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who
spoke from the mouth of the Lord. And he also rebelled against King
Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart
against turning to the Lord God of Israel.

What did Zedekiah
do? He became stiff necked and hard hearted.

Fr. 2/1/13: 1 John 3:18 –
21Why should we love?

My
little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in
truth. And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our
hearts before Him. For if our heart
condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. Beloved,
if our heart does not condemn us, we
have confidence toward God.

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Then
you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Israel is My son, My firstborn. So I say to you, let My son
go that he may serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, indeed I will kill your
son, your firstborn.”’

What was God’s word through Moses? “Let my
firstborn son go!”

Tu. 1/22/13: Exodus 12:12 –
13What was God’s
sign?

‘For
I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both
man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am
the Lord.Now
the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when
I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to
destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

What was God’s sign?

We. 1/23/13: Exodus 12:29What happened at
midnight?

And
it came to pass at midnight that the Lord struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in
the dungeon, and all the firstborn
of livestock.

What happened at midnight?

Th. 1/24/13: Hebrews 11:27
– 28What was Moses’
belief?

By
faith (Moses) forsook Egypt, not
fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.By
faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should
touch them.

What was Moses’ belief? Moses believed that
the blood of the lamb would save Israel’s firstborn.

Fr. 1/25/13: Colossians 1:15,
18Who is firstborn?

He
is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn
over all creation.

And
He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all
things He may have the preeminence.

Who is firstborn? Jesus Christ, over all creation,
firstborn from the dead.

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Moreover
He said, “I am the God of your father—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.

Who made the
promise? The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob made the promise.

Tu.
1/15/13: Exodus
3:8What was the
promise?

So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the
Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a
land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the
Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.

What was the
promise? Land was promised as an inheritance

We.
1/16/13: Hebrews
11:13, 16What happened to
the promise?

These
all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar
off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were
strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country.
Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a
city for them.

What happened to
the promise? The promise was for eternity. We, too, might die in faith.

Th.
1/17/13: Revelation
21:2 – 3Will the promise
be fulfilled?

Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down
out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I
heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with
men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself
will be with them and be their God.

Will the promise
be fulfilled? Heavenly Jerusalem fulfills the promise

Fr.
1/18/13: Revelation
22:5 – 6Who was the
promise told to?

There
shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord
God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.Then
he said to me, “These words are faithful and true.” And the Lord God of
the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must
shortly take place.

Saturday, January 5, 2013

This
is the history of Jacob.Joseph,
being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers…Now
Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him
even more.

So
he said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: There we were,
binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood
upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.”

Could Jacob’s
history begin with Joseph? Yes, the son would save the line.

Tu. 1/8/13: Genesis 45:2 –
3Why did Joseph wail?

And
he wept aloud, and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard it.Then
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am
Joseph; does my father still
live?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed in his
presence.

Why did Joseph wail?
Joseph could not contain himself any longer.

We. 1/9/13: Genesis 45:5 – 6What was Joseph’s
revelation?

But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with
yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve
life. For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there
are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor
harvesting.

What was Joseph’s
revelation? The famine would last five more years!

Th. 1/10/13: Genesis 45:8Did his brothers
sell Joseph into slavery?

So now it was not you who sent me here, but
God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a
ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

Did his brothers
sell Joseph into slavery? Yes, but no: it was God’s plan.

Fr. 1/11/13: Genesis 46:2 – 4Did Jacob’s
history begin with Joseph?

Then
God spoke to Israel in the visions
of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!”And he said,
“Here I am.”So
He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down to
Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.I
will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and
Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.”

Did Jacob’s history begin with Joseph? God revealed
to Jacob that He wanted Jacob in Egypt through Joseph. God would bring Jacob’s
(Israel’s) people out of bondage as a nation.

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